Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-16
WHAT THE WIRES SAY.
Comments of the German PresS-Secro.
tary Manning Resigns-A Doomed
City-Congressional.
CONGRESSIONAL,
Senate.

WASHINGTON, February 14.-Gibson offer
ed resolution which was adopted,
, requesting the President to furnish copies
OF all correspondence relating to the arrest.
trial and discharge OF A. K. Cutting, a
: United States citizen, by the authorities OF
Mexico.
On motion of Cameron, the senate took
up for consideration, yeas 81, nays II,
the bill introduced and reported by him,
Ito increase tho naval establishment" the
senator's voting against takingi it were, Beck.
Call. Cockrell. Coke, George, Jones, (Arkan-
sas,) Maxey, Plumb. Pugh, Ransom, Sher-
y1ne: nos W;uoN Xan wySMk vss Voorhees,
Cameron addressed the senate in advoc.-
cy OF the bill. 1--WE should" he said: ''com-
mence on first class projected steel
cruizers, provided for in the bill.
! On motion OF Hawley, an amendment
was added to the second section in these
words, "Save that in all their parts they
shall be of American manufacture"
On motion OF Morgan section was
added, requiring the construction of three
vessels on the Pacific Coast, three on the
Coast.
Van Wyck inquired whether the provis-
ion was made for war vessels on the lakes.
Hale, Chairman Of tho Committee on Ma
val Affairs, replied the companion bill to
the pending measure which he would call
up at an early day covered the features OF
floating batteries on RATS for harbor de- |
fences-torpedo boats and torpedo appli- |
ances, and also Of light draught gun boats |
for use on the western lakes.
Mr.. Van Wyck made the calculation that |
the total amount appropriated in these /
bills and in tho twin ordinance bills, re-
Gently passed, would reach ST. 900 900.
Hale said that even il they did their ex-
penditure would range through period OF
from three to six years, and therefore
would interfere only to that extent with
the Treasury surplus.
At 2 o'.lock the presiding officer laid be-
fore the senate as unfinished business being
Eads' Tehauntapec bill.
Cameron moved to postpone that bill
until tomorrow, so as to 60 on with the
naval bill. Motion defeated, yeas "a, nays
28. Riddleberger observed, ''as a part.
ing salute to the naval bill, that the vote
just taken was the record to show that the
American senate preferred to take up Eads'
ship railroad bill, to doing that which
sentiment demanded toward the
of the navy. The naval
bill was laid aside.
Dolph, from the Conference Committee
on the Senate Bill, restoring to the United
States certain lands granted to the North
ern Pacific Railway Company, reported
that the committee had been unable to
agree.
Mr.. Plumb inquired as to the cause of
the 'seemiDgly great delay in making the
conference report"
Dolph thought the inquiry pertinent
one, and he sent to the clerk g desk, and
had read a letter written to-day. The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company was
additional sections of road,
and earning lands which it was the benef- ,
,ent purpose of the bill to forfeit. He be-
ieved at least q million acres OF public
ands had passed from under the control
If the United States. For that reason the
: ..sz.. -: stivIay ~ss : very fmpOrranCt
one. The report was adopted, and a new I
conference ordered - Dolph, Teller and I
Cockrell being reappointed on part OF the Y
Senate. 9
The Senate then resumed the considera. !
If Eads' Tehauntepec bill. IL
Mr.. Edmunds obtained the floor to make I
! speech on the bill, but yielded for other I
business. G
Mr.. Riddleberger moved to gointo execu- /
i've session, and said that this was the |
seventh time within g. few weeks that he i
rad made that motion in this ''house OF I
ords" in order to take mp some nomina-
ions that concerned bis state, but he al.
Ways met the opposition of the senator
rom Vermont (Edmunds).
The motion was agreed to and the Senate
vent into secret session and soon ad-
ourno6